Calcutta India-1962: Boats Navigate Canal Near Stilt Houses And Markets

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Year1962
Decade1960s
LocationCalcutta, India
Duration5s
Price$149 USD
Collection1962 in Calcutta India

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Boats Navigate Canal Near Stilt Houses And Markets — Clip Details

Shot on 8mm film in 1962, this vintage footage captures a bustling waterway in Calcutta, India. Wooden boats laden with goods navigate narrow canals flanked by traditional stilt houses and shops. A shirtless man works near a boat while others paddle and trade along the water. The grainy, color-bleached film and natural lighting evoke a raw, authentic slice of mid-century Indian life, showcasing daily commerce and transportation in a vibrant riverside community.

Licensing & Technical Details

Original Format: 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie
Resolution: 4K restored master (MP4)
License: Direct license: commercial and editorial use
Delivery: Instant Digital Download
Duration: 5s
Price: $149 USD
Clip ID: 123725077

Rights & Clearance

$149 · Commercial Direct license: commercial and editorial use. $149 flat from Stockfilm. Royalty-free worldwide license for commercial and editorial use, delivered as the restored 4K master.

Editorial use is the safest path. For commercial use, a clearance review is recommended for the flags below.

People visible: Yes
Minors visible: No
Logos / trademarks: No
Audible music: No

Flags come from automated catalog metadata, not a legal opinion. The source is an original 8mm / Super 8 Home Movie reel. For high-stakes commercial use, request a full rights review.

Source & Documentation

Source reel: Reel 1399 · 8mm · 6″ reel
Original reel label: feb
Reel-level year note: 1962
Reel-level location note: india,calcuta,bengali
Date: 1962 Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Date evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level note shows the same year, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Location: Calcutta, India Estimated (Catalog estimate from the footage and file metadata; not independently confirmed.)
Location evidence: Catalog estimate. A reel-level location note is linked, but the clip-to-reel link is itself a catalog match, so this is not counted as independent confirmation.
Licensing route: Direct license available from Stockfilm

Confidence labels are defined on Archive Integrity. Fields without a recorded value are shown as not recorded rather than assumed.

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Archive Intelligence

Archive brief fit: Useful for 1960s documentary or editorial requests needing Calcutta canal commerce, small boats, waterside shops, and everyday urban-river life in archival 8mm color footage.
Period detail: The frames show wooden boats, open-front waterside shops, stilt-like structures, and simple hand-paddling that fit the supplied 1962 Calcutta home-movie context.
Home-movie behavior: The camera observes daily movement from close range as people paddle, work beside boats, and pass along the canal without staged action.
What appears in frame: Visible elements include narrow wooden boats, canal water, open shopfronts, stilted buildings, poles, goods near the landing, and adults working or traveling by boat.
Film character: The clip has handheld 8mm texture with soft focus, visible grain, faded color, uneven exposure, and contact-print edge artifacts that support its home-movie origin.
Edit role: An editor could use this as a brief insert, location cutaway, travel-memory beat, or transition into a sequence about canal transport and markets in Calcutta.
Historical context: The footage documents water-based movement and small-scale commerce along a built canal edge, while broader social or economic conclusions would need outside research.
Research note: People are visible and likeness review may be needed; no logos are apparent, and copyright, location, likeness, and property considerations should be assessed separately.
Research search match: Relevant searches include 1962 Calcutta 8mm canal boats, India home movie waterway market, vintage Kolkata river transport, and South Asia urban canal footage.
Archive pairing path: Pair first with adjacent reel material, then other 1962 Calcutta clips, then related India canal, market, boat, and waterside commerce footage.

Still Frames From This Clip

1962 Calcutta canal scene with a wooden boat, open shopfront, poles, and a person working at the waterline. — A wooden boat rests beside a waterside shop as a person works near the canal edge.

1962 Calcutta waterside shop with a small wooden boat, long poles, canal water, and adults near the landing. — A small boat sits at the canal edge beside an open-front shop and stored goods.

1962 Calcutta canal view with a seated adult paddling a small wooden boat past stilt-like buildings and moored craft. — A seated adult paddles a small boat through the canal between waterside structures.

1962 Calcutta canal scene showing a seated paddler, moored wooden boats, shopfronts, and buildings close to the water. — The canal narrows around moored boats as a seated paddler moves past wooden structures.

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